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NEWS ARCHIVE
Read the latest from the NWS on the winter storm
(Clinton area) -- ...WINTER STORM TO ARRIVE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE-
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL-
400 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE MIDWEST ON TODAY. MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THURSDAY NIGHT WHILE WEAKENING IN INTENSITY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT LATER THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA. EAST WINDS SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO
400 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES...ISOLATED 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND ROADS BECOMING QUICKLY SNOW COVERED AND ICY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING.
Written 2/21/2013 by Dave Vickers - KROS News
